[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Mendham 8-1-1977
by Ord. No. 14-77 (Ch. 62 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
The first Monday in September of each year and the Saturday and Sunday
immediately preceding that Monday (together commonly known as "Labor Day weekend")
have traditionally been the occasion of parades and other special community
events in the Borough of Mendham, usually including certain legalized games
of chance conducted by nonprofit organizations of the borough in accordance
with law. The statutes of the State of New Jersey, and regulations promulgated
thereunder, provide that no such games of chance may be conducted on a Sunday
except as specifically authorized by an ordinance of the municipality in which
they are to occur. It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to provide
for holding certain of those games of chance on the one Sunday only in each
year which forms part of the Labor Day weekend, by those nonprofit organizations
having a year-round association with the Borough of Mendham, in conjunction
with and as part of the traditional Labor Day weekend celebration.
The following legalized games of chance, as each is defined in the section
of the New Jersey statutes opposite its designation, shall be permitted in
the borough on one Sunday only in each year, that being the Sunday immediately
preceding the first Monday in September (Labor Day), all in accordance with
the further provisions of this chapter:
The holding or operation of games authorized by § 115-2 hereof shall, on the Sunday permitted thereby, be limited to the hours between 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
No person, organization or other entity shall operate or conduct any
game of chance as herein provided for except upon issuance of a license by
the Borough Clerk, which license shall specifically state the date and hours
permitted hereunder. No license shall be issued granting permission pursuant
to this chapter except to bona fide nonprofit organizations which function
in the Borough of Mendham on a year-round basis and which otherwise qualify
under the laws and regulations of the State of New Jersey pertaining to legalized
games of chance.
Nothing contained in this Chapter 115 shall be construed to impose any limitation on the conduct of legalized games of chance on any day except Sunday, which conduct shall continue to be governed by the statutes and regulations of the State of New Jersey.
[Added 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 15-99;
amended 4-2-2007 by Ord. No. 3-07]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties provided in § 1-15 of this Code.
